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BJARNE CRANNER, OF KONGSBERG, NORWAY.

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ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to I which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for counting sorted coins, and has for its object a coin counter, the essential parts of which consist of suitable means for carrying the coins in a fixed position from one magazine to another in combination with means for counting the coins passing a certain point of the apparatus, while resting in the said carrier.

My invention consists in certain combinations of parts and will hereinafter be described, reference being had to the annexed drawings showing one form of carrying out my invention being a duplex machine.

Figure 1 shows a vertical longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a plan view of a compound duplex machine. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the duplex counting mechanism. Figs. 4 and 5 show the counting mechanism for a'single acting counting mechanism in two different positions. Fig. 6 is a vertical'longitudinal section through the upper portion of the apparatus, showing a slight modification, the counting mechanism being omitted. Fig. '7 is a cross section of the coin carrier and some adjacent parts.

When speaking of a duplex machine I mean a machine so arranged, that two coins of the same value may simultaneously pass the counting mechanism connected with'one and the same adding machine. I shall now first describe the general arrangement and operation of the machine. In the example shown I make use of a carrier in the form of a belt 24 carrying plates 25 in which seats 26 are provided for the coins. Thebelt runs over two drums 28, 29 on shafts 30, 31, one of which is provided with a crank or connected with a motor. The belt passes in an upward direction underneath the magazine 33 and forms an inclined bottom in the latter. The coins, thrown into this magazine, will be taken up by the belt, one coin in each seat, and after having passed the upper drum underneath the feeler S of the counting mechanism, they will drop off into the box or magazine 40. The said feeler is a lever, the other end 7 of which is connected with the adding machine and has an oscillatory movement imparted to it by a constantly moving shaft, acting by way of an eccentric on the middle part of the lever, and the downwardly directed point of the feeler 8 is thereby moved'in a path crossing the path of the belt, the mechanism being so timed Specification of Letters Patent. I,

' Application filed October 4. 1906. Serial No. 337.422.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

that this crossing takes place at each seat provided for the coins. When no coin is carried by a seat passing the path of the feeler, the latter may perform its regular movement and no impulse is imparted to the adding machine. \Vhen, however, a seat, in which a coin is placed passes the path of the focler the latter is stopped in its regular movement and the end of the feeler lever connected with the adding machine is then actuated. i

The particular arrangement of the feeler andadjacent parts is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 as far as regards the arrangement of a single acting machine. Fig. 3 shows in a perspective view the arrangement in a duplex machine. In' these figures, 1 denotes parts of the frame; 2 is the ratchet wheel of the add'ng machine and 3 the ratchet-pawl which is mounted in an arm 5 pivoted on the shaft 4 of the said wheel. In this arm is hung a rod 6 connected with the arm 7 of a lever, whose other end forms the feeler 8 and which is carried by an eccentric or crankpin 9 on the shaft 10, the latter having its bearings in the frame and provided with pinions 10 meshing with gcarwheels 10 on the shaft 30 (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3). The shaft 10 rotates in the direction of the arrow as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. At the other end of the arm 5 is hung a rod 12, which is connected with one end 13 of a bell crank lever, whose other end 14, which has a curved shape, extends above an eccentric ,15 on the shaft 10. The fulcrum of the said bellcrank is on the frame. I It will be seen from Fig. 5, that when the feeler 8 is allowed to move unhindered, its point will during one revolution of the eccentric 9 perform a motion about as the curve indicated by a; in Fig. 5, the whole lever swinging about y as a fulcrum, y making a small vibrating motion; when, however, as shown in Fig. 4 the point of the feeler abuts against a coin the lever. will swing about the point of the feeler as fulcrum, and the end of the arm 7 connected with the rod 6 will then describe a curve 2 (Fig. 4). By such downward movement the pawl 3 will be moved and push the ratchetwheel 2 one tooth forward. The returning of the pawl to its initial position is performed by means 7 of the eccentric 15, which when rising will lift the arm 14 to the position shown in Fig. 5, and bring the armthe just described single acting apparatus in the following points. The two feelers are marked 8 and 8"; their operation is exactly the same, but the other ends 7 and 7 of the levers are not connected to 'separate ratchet-pawls but by way of the rods 6 and.6

and a balance piece 5 hung in one and the same arm 5, carrying the pawl 3 acting on the ratchetwheel 2. The parts are so dimensioned that when there is a coin O in each of the two seats in a beltplate just pass- 7' ing the feelers? andLS", so that both feelers hit on a coin the movement imparted t the rm 5 will be I is a vertical section of the upper part of the apparatus,

suilicient to bring .the' ratchetwheel two teeth forwards. When,-however,'there is no coin for instance in the seat underneath the"ieeler 8*, this fe'eler 2 and serving to arrest the latter when it has made a step. This stopperarm is mounted on a'shar't 18, carrying a spring arm 19, which projects underneath a cam-wheel on the shaft 10. This carnwheel under a part .of its rotation presses the arm 19- down, so that the stopperarni 16 is held against the wheel 17, :when

it has been turned by the pawl. A spring 21 holds the shaft and arm 16 in the position'shown when the carnwheel 20 does not press on the arm 19.

I will now describe the machine shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it being a compound duplex-machine, that is to saya machine with two duplex counting mocha-n1 "isms arranged for two different sizes of coins. The counting'mechanism' is designated with the same ref-- erence numerals' as in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. There are, as 'will be seen four feelers (8), two for each kind of coin. -O ne pair acts on the adding machine 22, the

.otherpn the adding machine 23. 0f course the belt may be made still Wider, so it may take up more kinds of coins.

The belt 24 is provided with plates 25, in which ,there are holes 26 the edges of which are recessed so I as to form a seat for the coin. The belt runs over drums 28, :29 on shafts 30, 31, and above the belt is in the feeding belt. The belt 37 is'kept close up to the feeding belt by means of guides 39, so that it is carried along with the feeding belt, tillit has passed the bi'psh-36, the disks 38 fitting into the holes 26 and forming bottoms underneath. the seats, so that, the,

coins can not get hanging on the edge across-the holes.

The seat itself is free. Therecess forming the seat, is preferably somewhat deeper at the upper than atthe lower part, so that the coins will not extend above the plane at the top; by this arrangement is-prevented, that coins in the, magazine are stopped and taken along with the belt by being fetched by the coins in the seat... Coins which are smaller than those for which the apparatus are designed, and which are erroneously thrown into the'receptacle, fall through the holes and are collected in the trough below the feeding belt. Thecoins carried along with the belt after having passed the ,ieeler drop down into the receptacle 40.

g In Figs. 6 and-7 I have shown some modifications of my apparatus.substantially relating to devicesfor securing the regular working of the apparatus. Fig. 6'

the counting mechanism being leit out; 7 is a cross section of the carrier belt and some adjacent parts. I have showirin these figures a carrier belt with plates having ridges 50 between each row of coin s s, such ridges serving to guide the coins in the m i .employ a roller 51 rotated opposite the direction of the movement of the belt, the roller having rubber flanges or ribs 52. 'entering between the ridges 50 so as to take hold of coins following the belt without hav ing entered a seat, andpushes them down int-he magazine again. 56 are cords passing over-rollers 57 and 58, the latter oi which is rotated by means oi pinion, as shown. Tnese cords press onthe belt and are pressed against the top face of the belt and so i11- sures that the coins lie fiat down in the seats. The

bar 60 may beadj ustably mounted at its ends or may i 1. 111.21 coin counter, a receptacle, a movable coin carrier adapted to feed coins from the said receptacle, seats on the said coin carrier equidistantly spaced apart and adapted to receive the coins,'holcs, in the said seats, a movable member, means to move the same, so that a part of said movable member will describe a path crossing the path of the carrier at each of the said holes, an adding machine and a connection between the latter and the said movable 3. In a coin counter the combination with a coin carrier having two parallel rows of coin seats equidistantly spaced apart and an adding machine of two movable members, a balance piece hung in the actuating member of the adding machine and connected at each end with oneend ofeach of said-movable members and'mcans' to impart an oscillatory motion to said movable members in synchronism with the feedingmovement of the coin carrier, whereby a point of each of the said movable members, adapted to form a fulcrum may be brought in contact with a coin in each of the rows of coin seats and the point connected with thesaid balance piece thereby positively moved' 4. In a coin counter the combination with a positively driven belt carrying plates provided with holes having recessos around their edges adapted toform coin seats, said belt forming a movable bottom of a coin receptacle of an auxiliary belt having its path inside of the aforesaid belt and being provided with circular projections adapted to enter the holes in the coin belt and fill said holes on the part of the path otthe coin belt'formlng the movable bot i; om 1nthe coin receptacle and means to guide the auxiliany bei't, so that it is taken along by-the coin belt.

5. In a coin counter, an adding machine, a movable memvi'ie "adapted to actuate the sameand to have its regular zine and a belt carrier forming an inclined bottom for the magazine, means toprevent coins not seated in the carrier to be. taken along with it out of the magazine, a spring pressing on the coins in the belt as it is leaving themagazine and anendless corcirunning over rolls and serving to hold the coins in place, till the same have passed the counting mechanism. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BJARNE CRANNER.

Witnesses HENRY BORDEWICH, MICHAEL ALGER. 

